Looking for some additional reading in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day? We've compiled nine titles to help kids and adults learn more about Dr. King, the era he lived in, and the impact of his life.

 

The Civil Rights Movement for Kids by Mary C. Turck



Children disco…

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Inspired by last week's Staff Reads we asked our authors with books pubbing in the early months of 2016 what they read over the holidays.

 

Tim Hanley (Investigating Lois Lane): Inspired by Chinese mythology, Cindy Pon's Serpentine is unique and dark, and a wonderful read. This YA novel d…

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For the last Staff Reads post of 2015 we asked everyone in the office to recall their favorite books either given or received during the holidays. The responses ranged from sentimental to hilarious. #CRPread


 

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris has long been a favorite book to give around t

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Inspired by the myriad year-end roundups that are popping up all over our social media feeds, we asked authors of books we’ve published this year to share a favorite memory of giving or receiving a book for the holidays.

Tom Acitelli (American Wine): My story is less about giving a book or getti

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In honor of the holidays and more frequent family time, we asked the CRP staff to name their favorite book families. The majority of responses featured the relatable rather than the ideal—and there were a couple families that received multiple votes! Check out what we had to say below and let us k…

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We asked authors of our October and November titles what books they’re squeezing in between promoting their new releases and roasting turkey, turducken, or tofurkey. Check out what they had to say below!

Amy McCullough (The Box Wine Sailors): In my recent Off-Book Q&A for the CRP blog, I m…

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With the holidays approaching, most of the CRP staff has been trading book time for family time, but a few pages have still managed to be read. Check them out below and let us know what you’re reading this week in the comments. #CRPreads

 

I’ve been chuckling away to B.J. Novak’s coll

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On Veterans Day, Chicago Review Press honors those who have served and those who continue to serve.

From titles in our award-winning For Kids series to those profiling the lives of women and girls of courage and conviction in our Women of Action series, from telling the stories of the black soldi…

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Covers are designed individually, book-by-book, but sometimes we ask our designers not only to design a book cover, but to envision what a potential series of books will look like. It's that first cover that sets the tone that the rest of the series will follow.

We asked cover designer Andrew B…

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Aidan Levy has written for the New York Times, the Village Voice, JazzTimes, and the Daily Forward, among others. He plays baritone saxophone in the Stan Rubin Orchestra and is a doctoral student in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He holds an MFA fro

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